Free Cossacks

72 minutes - Ukraine 2009

Genre DocumentaryHistorical

Director Oleksandr Ryabokris

The film is about the Ukrainian paramilitary organization of the early 20th century – "Free Cossacks." 

The Free Cossacks were Ukrainian voluntary armed formations that emerged during the disintegration of the imperial army in the spring of 1917, with the aim of creating and defending a Ukrainian state amid the growing revolution, when the issue of public order became acute in the towns and villages of Ukraine. The formation of the Free Cossacks began in April 1917 in the Zvenyhorodka district of Kyiv region.

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Volunteers 2

Ukraine 2024

Genre Ситком

Director Andrіy Burlaka

The series is based on the comedy YouTube project Volunteers About Volunteers.

The protagonists are Ukrainian women and men who never get tired of donating, closing fundraisers, buying, bringing, sending, who know who to call and where to go to get everything the superheroes need in pixels from the ground. These are married couples, old friends, and new acquaintances who are united by a great common cause - volunteering. They manage not only to help, but also to joke, fall in love, work things out and support each other through the twists and turns of life.


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Ethos. The Shadow of the Wolf

66 minutes - Ukraine 2025

Genre Documentary

Director Anhel Anhelov

The second part of a series of documentaries about combat ethics, inner strength, and the philosophy of Ukrainian elite units.

The authors reveal a profound story about a soldier's journey through fear, loss, and recovery. The plot centres on the soldiers of the 1st detachment of the UA_REG TEAM 8 regiment of the Special Operations Forces. These are soldiers with unique combat experience who have gone through the most difficult parts of the war. The heroes of the film have travelled from the defence of Kyiv to Bakhmut, from the liberation of the Kharkiv region to the west of the Kursk region. In Kursk, they fought against units from North Korea.

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Thank you

3 minutes - Ukraine 2017

Genre Social

Category Short

Director Oleg Karpenko

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Movie Critics: 10, Spectators: 0

Sands. Knights of the sky

130 minutes - Ukraine 2016

Genre Documentary

Category Full-length documentary

Director Katerina Strelychenko

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Faithful Ruslan (Watch Dog History)

170 minutes - SwedenUkraine 1992

Genre Drama

Category Full-length

Director Volodymyr Khmelnytskyi

According to the story by George Vladimov.

After Stalin's death, the disbanding of the camp system begins. A security sergeant from Vologodsky receives an order from his superiors to shoot his convoy shepherd Ruslan, as she is no longer needed. The military brings the dog into the forest and already brings up the gun, but at the last moment the pity wins, and he chases the animal. The dog obeys the command humbly, thinking that for some reason he has blamed and lost his master's love. In the following days he returns to the camp every morning, but cannot find a sergeant there. One day in the nearby village of Ruslan, he can still feel his footprint. He finds the owner at the train station buffet, where he drinks with a former prisoner. After noticing his dog, the sergeant takes too much of his muzzle, thus severely offending Ruslan. He then gives the dog a slice of bread, but he refuses. In case of non-fulfillment of the command, the sergeant gets annoyed with the difficult life and alcohol, spreads a piece with a thick layer of mustard and stuffs the dog in the mouth. Later, an amnesty buffet prisoner finds Ruslan on the street and takes him to his ...

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Grasshopper

10 minutes - Ukraine 2019

Category Short

Director Volodymyr Karpychev

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Night of the Sinner

86 minutes - Ukraine 1991

Genre Drama

Category Full-length

Director Vadim Kostromenko

The movie version of "The Higher Truth of Bomber Alexei". According to the story of Leonid Andreev "Darkness".

In a hurry to escape from the police pursuit, a criminal named Alexey runs into the house of fornication. In it the character gets acquainted with Lyuba, a representative of the most ancient profession. The heroes are given only one night, for which they will have time to reveal each other, having lived the life of each of them.

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Last wife of Blue Beard

13 minutes - FranceUkraine 1996

Genre Comedy

Category Short animation

Director Oleksandr Bubnov

New version of the famous story about Blue Beard.

Two characters – killers from different eras, from different myths – decide to start a family. Who will win the deadly duel? Another attempt to get married will be the last for the hero ...

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Pre-threat

15 minutes - Ukraine 1993

Genre Scientific and cognitive

Category Short documentary

Director Tetyana Matusevich

Movie 45 from the movie Unknown Ukraine. Essays on our history.

Cossack-peasant uprising of the 1930s. Destruction of Kodak fortress by Ivan Sulima. The 1637 uprising in the Dnieper region, led by Paul Booth. The defeat of the Cossacks under Kumeyki. The capture of the Lubni rebels. Deprivation of the Polish Sejm by the Cossacks the right to elect elders, the abolition of Cossack judiciary. The rebellion of Jacob Ostryanin, the Battle of Goltva, the retreat to the Slobozhanshchina. The repression of the nobility.

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